Job Description

To work in a clinic based setting, assessing patients who attend for wound care, leg ulcer management, including Lower limb Assessments, Injections, Catheter Care and Ear Irrigation
The Treatment Room service covers 4 clinic sites across South Sefton and 4 clinic sites across North Sefton. The successful candidate will need to be able to work autonomously whilst demonstrating a team approach and be willing to travel across sites all 4 sites.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen within the Treatment Room Service in Sefton Place for a Band 5 Care Practitioner. This is a permanent posts and will be 37.5 hours per week.
The successful candidates will be working across various clinic sites within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
An existing knowledge of Tissue Viability and Leg Ulcer Management would be advantageous. The primary function of the role is to provide proactive, responsive services that address the care needs of patients within a defined neighbourhood. The service operates appointment led clinics with fast turn over of patients.
For the Treatment Room Service there is a requirement to move and travel between clinic sites. The service aims to operate 7 days a week, with bank holidays. There is a requirement within this post to be able to travel across localities to various clinic sites for work purposes.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Details
Date posted
31 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
31,049 to 37,796 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-CC7347850
Job locations
Treatment Rooms - Sefton Place Clinics
Sefton Road Health Centre, 67 Sefton Road
Liverpool
L21 9HE
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities are to run planned nurse led clinics for wound care, leg ulcer management, injections, urinary catheters & ear irrigation.
This post offers staff excellent opportunities to build on existing skills and develop competencies within these areas. Clinical decision making skills and a problem solving approach is an essential component of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities are to run planned nurse led clinics for wound care, leg ulcer management, injections, urinary catheters & ear irrigation.
This post offers staff excellent opportunities to build on existing skills and develop competencies within these areas. Clinical decision making skills and a problem solving approach is an essential component of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Practitioner

• Mentor/teaching qualification, or equivalent, or equivalent work based experience.

• Evidence of clinical experience in relevant field

• Clinical supervision experience.

• Awareness of Clinical Governance, patient group directions and associated policies.
• Understanding of audit process.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Conflict resolution skills.
• IT literate.
• Work as member of a team.
• Ability to travel to work across boundaries

• Understanding of local and national quality initiatives.

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet

• Registered Practitioner

• Mentor/teaching qualification, or equivalent, or equivalent work based experience.

• Evidence of clinical experience in relevant field

• Clinical supervision experience.

• Awareness of Clinical Governance, patient group directions and associated policies.
• Understanding of audit process.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Conflict resolution skills.
• IT literate.
• Work as member of a team.
• Ability to travel to work across boundaries

• Understanding of local and national quality initiatives.

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet